Building structure



y 0, 1938. F. E. MQCABE 2,116,532

BUILDING STRUCTURE Filed June 1, 1955 AT TO RMEJiS Lit! Patented May 10,1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUILDING STRUCTURE Application June 1,1935, Serial No. 24,522 4 Claims. (oi. ma -s) This invention relates tobuilding structures, and more particularly to face-work buildingstructures, and has for an object the provision of new and improvedstructures of this character.

In the drawing accompanying this specification and forming a part ofthis application, I have shown, for purposes of illustration,embodiments which my invention may assume, and in the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a building structure,embodying the invention, disclosing parts of the same in horizontalsection, and disclosing parts broken away to more clearly illustrate theconstruction,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sectional View,corresponding substantially to the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2, corresponding substantially tothe line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sectional view,corresponding substantially,

to the line 44 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective View, similar to Figure 1, anddisclosing a different, embodiment of the invention, while Figure 6 isan enlarged horizontal sectional view, corresponding substantially tothe line 6-45 of Figure 5.

As shown in Figures 1 through 4 of the drawing, the invention comprisesa building structure, wherein a plurality of facing panels II) aredisposed edge to edge and fiatwise along the surface of a supportingwall II, which may be the front wall of a building or the like, and thepanels III are secured in position along said wall by a plurality ofsets of securing means, each set being indicated generally by thereference character I2, and adapted to be positioned between juxtaposededges of each pair of panels I0; the sets I2 are duplicates inconstruction and operation and only one of the same will be described indetail.

Each of the sets I2 comprises an elongated member I3, preferably ofsheet metal, and channel-shaped in cross-section, having an intertheslots IB is an anchoring member I9, comprising a screw-bolt 20,extending through the slot I8, having a head 21 bearing against theouter face of the intermediate portion I4, and a shank threaded into awedge part 22, and the wedge part 22 is encased in an expansible sleeve23, which may be of lead. The wedge part 22 and sleeve 23 may beaccommodated in a suitable cavity 24 formed in the supporting wall II,and rotation of the bolt serves to draw the wedge part 22 inwardly, andto expand the sleeve 23 into anchoring engagement with the wall of thecavity 24. When all of the anchoring members I9 have been tightened, themember I3 is fixedly secured to the supporting wall I I, and the slotsI8 permit necessary movement incident to expansion and contraction undervarying conditions.

Cooperating with each of the fixed members I3 is a plurality ofconnecting members 25, each pref erably in the form of an oblong pieceof metal sufiiciently long to prevent turning when inserted within thechannel-shaped formation of the member I3, said connecting members 25being adapted to be inserted into the channel-shaped formation of themembers I3 through transverse slots 26 formed in the flanges I6, thenshifted out of line with the slots, 26, thereby to present engagingportions 21 adapted to abut the inner surfaces of the overhangingflanges I6. Threaded through each of the connecting members 25, is anactuating screw 28, which extends outwardly through the slot I1, and atits outer end is provided with a kerfed head 29, and carried by theshank of the actuating screw 28 is a clamping member 30, of greater sizethan the slot I1, and

which provided bearing portions 3| and 32 adapt- 3 ed to cooperate withthe outer surfaces 33 of the flanges I6 to provide clamping means.

Each of the sets of securing means I2 is adapted to secure juxtaposededges of a pair of the panels In to the supporting wall II, and thepanels II] are formed for cooperation with the securing means I2, eachof the panels In comprising a rectangular, channel-shaped formationhaving an intermediate portion 34, an angularly extending web along oneedge of the portion 34, and an angularly extending web 36 along theopposite edge of the portion 34 and the web 35 has an out-turnedmarginal flange 3'1 adapted to be clamped between the clamping surfacesprovided by the bearing portion 3| of the clamping member 30 and thesurface 33 of the adjacent flange I6, while the web 36 has an out-turnedmarginal flange 38 adapted to be clamped between the bearing portion 32and the outer surface 33 of the adjacent flange I6.

Installation of the face-work structure is preferably effected by firstsecuring a plurality of the members I 3 vertically and in spacedrelation along the supporting wall I I, through the medium of theanchoring members I9, the members [3 being spaced apart a distancecorresponding to the width of the panels it is desired to use. Theclamping means, each comprising the connecting member 25, actuatingscrew 28, and clamping member 30, are each assembled with respect to themembers l3, this being effected by inserting the connecting member 25through the slots 26. The marginal flanges 31 and 38 of adjacent panelsare then inserted between the clamping members 30 and adjacent faces 33of the flanges l6, and the actuating screws 28 tightened. After all ofthe clamping members 30 have been adjusted, the space between the webs35 and 36 of the secured panels It] may be filled with a suitablefilling material, indicated at 39, the heads of the actuating screws 28and anchoring members l9 providing key means for the filling material,and in turn being held thereby against accidental loosening. Althoughthe securing members I3 are shown and described as secured verticallyalong the supporting wall I I, it will be understood that these membersmay be disposed horizontally, and the panels l0 secured thereto, or, ifdesired, the securing members I3 may be arranged both vertically andhorizontally to present rectangular formations to which all four edgesof the panels l0 may be secured, the panels I0, in this latter case, ofcourse, having all four edges formed as heretofore described tocooperate with the securing means.

Referring to Figures 5 and 6, a somewhat different embodiment of theinvention is disclosed, comprising elongated securing members 40 similarto the members 13, each having a channelshaped body, with anintermediate portion 4|, and spaced overhanging flanges 42, theintermediate portion 4| being secured at intervals to the supportingwall 43 by anchoring members (not shown) identical to the anchoringmembers 99 heretofore described. A plurality of clamping means areprovided for cooperation with the members 40, each of these clampingmeans comprising a connecting member 44, actuating screw 45, andaclamping member 46, these parts being identical in construction andoperation to the parts 25, 28 and 30 heretofore described, except thatthe clamping member 36 is somewhat longer than the member 30, and theactuating screw 45 is also somewhat longer than the actuating screw 28.Panels 4'! of a type somewhat different from the panels ID are employedin this embodiment, each having an intermediate portion 48, angular webs49 and 50, and each of the webs 49 and 50 having an inwardly turnedflange 5! adapted to rest upon the outer surfaces of the flanges 42. Theweb portions 49 and 50 of adjacent panels 41 are slotted at intervals,as indicated at 52 for the reception of the ends of the clamping members46, the slots 52 being sufficiently large to permit the clamping member46 to be rotated about the axis of the actuating screw 45 and enter theslots, after which the actuating screws are screwed home, clamping thepanels 41 in position.

After the panels 41 are in position, suitable filling material,indicated at 53, is employed to fill the cracks between the adjoiningedges of the panels 41, and the heads of the actuating screws 45 serveas key means for said filling material,

and the filling material prevents accidental rotation of the actuatingscrews.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that I have accomplishedat least the principal objects of my invention, and it also will beapparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments hereindescribed may be variously changed and modified, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention, and that the invention is capable of usesand has advantages not herein specifically described; hence it will beappreciated that the herein disclosed embodiments are illustrative only,and that my invention is not limited thereto.

I claim:

1. A building structure of the character described, comprising: asupport; a facing member; securing means, channel-shaped incrosssection, and having an intermediate portion, marginal angular webs,and overhanging flanges on said webs, said flanges having slottedopenings therein, and said securing means having its intermediateportion secured to said support; and holding means mobile with referenceto said securing means and with reference to said facing member, havinga portion insertable through said slotted openings and engageablebeneath the overhanging flanges of said securing means, and having meansextending outwardly of said securing means and engageable with saidfacing member to hold the same in position with respect to said support.

2. A building structure of the character described, comprising: asupport; a plurality of juxtaposed facing members, channel-shaped incross-section, and having angularly extending portions slotted for thereception of fastening means; securing means, channel-shaped incrosssection, and having an intermediate portion, marginal angular webs,and overhanging flanges on said webs, against which said facing membersare adapted to bear, said securing means having its intermediate portionfixed to said support; and holding means having a holding portionoperatively engaging beneath the overhan ng flanges of said securingmeans, and having an actuating screw extending outwardly between saidoverhanging flanges and outwardly of said securing means and carrying aclamping member engageable within the slots of said angular portions ofsaid facing members to hold the same in position with respect to saidsupport.

3. A building structure of the character described, comprising: asupport; a facing member; securing means, channel-shaped incrosssection, and having an intermediate portion, marginal angular Webs,and overhanging flanges on said webs, said securing means having itsintermediate portion fixed to said support, and the overhanging flangesof said securing means having slotted openings therein; and holdingmeans having a holding portion operatively insertable through saidslotted openings and engaging beneath the overhanging flanges of saidsecuring means, said holding means having an actuating screw extendingoutwardly of said securing means and carrying a clamping memberengageable with said facing member to hold the same in position withrespect to said support.

4. Securing means of the character described, comprising: a securingmember, channel-shaped in cross-section, having an intermediate portion,marginal webs, and spaced overhanging flanges on said webs, said flangesbeing slotted to facilitate insertion of holding means therebeneath; 75

and holding means separable with reference to said securing member,having a portion insertable through the slotted portions of saidflanges, and shiftable to engage beneath said flanges, and having meansextending outwardly between said overhanging flanges, and outwardly ofsaid flanges carrying a clamping member, said holding means being soconstructed and arranged as to be operable to cause approach of saidclamping member toward said overhanging flanges.

FRANK E. MCCABE.

